Gaza marks the Canaanite border
Genesis 10:19Genesis uses Gaza in describing the border of the Canaanites.
Places of Scripture · Philistine coastal plain
Gaza
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Gaza appears in Canaanite boundaries, the conflicts of Samson, prophetic judgments, and Philip’s meeting with the Ethiopian eunuch on the road leading south.
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Samson’s final conflict
Judges 16:21–31Samson is imprisoned at Gaza and dies as the Philistine house falls.
Philip is sent toward Gaza
Acts 8:26–40Philip meets the Ethiopian eunuch and preaches Jesus from Isaiah.
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